Thanksgiving (eating twice)

Reese smiled her first 'real' smile Thanksgiving morning'. I was so happy I actually got teary eyed. We all just love her so much.

One month old Reese

First Snow

Sydney just lost her second front tooth.

I just love Ella's big cheesy smile. By the way, the baby was sleeping nice and cozy in the house.

Halloween Candy Desserts

For the Family Home Evening dessert Sydney made all these creative and tasty little desserts for everyone. She even made some that Carson could have without the milk chocolate candy. We all enjoyed them and were glad to see her entertained and to have a bunch of candy gone.

My Mess Makers...

Halloween

Pumpkin Baby Reese

Frankenstien Carson

Vampire Sydney

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle owen

Little Red Riding Hood Ella

Home with Reese

We love having our new baby girl in our family. Babies come just how you need them. Reese sleeps so much, it makes it easy (okay not easy, but less hard) to continue with life for my other four little ones. She is growing great and eating and pooping just like she should. I think she's happy with us. Before she was born I was really worried that she would regret coming into our crazy family. Now that she's here, I think she likes it a little crazy. She enjoys being right in the middle of it all.

Introducing...

Reese Marianne Reading

Born October 22nd 10:21 a.m.

6 pounds 10 ounces

19 inches long

So Happy

Hospital Visitors

Going Home

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning at the hospital... I am so glad to be home. It was nice to just be with my newest baby and it was nice also to miss my four other little ones at home. It's easy to get burned out and tired of motherhood. However, being away from my kids for four days was too long. I loved to have them visit me and I feel ready and somehow more capable to be home and be mom again.

Worth the MESS?

Homemade Halloween sugar cookies. Doesn't it just sound like this fun little family activity? Everyone working together with Halloween sounds in the background? Then the perfectly shaped and decorated cookies that you can share with your neighbors.
Truth is, the kids did have fun. The parents could appreciate how activities like this are worth all the effort, but the mess is too much. Tyler even did some online searches on the scuba and the rumba (the little robot floor cleaners). As we were making these cookies Sydney asked if we should give any of them to our friends. Tyler and I laughed pretty hard about how we really should give some to our worst enemy. Which then lead to a discussion on the word enemy. So who will be getting the cookies? The kids decided we should share them with Satan. Pretty funny.

Not feeling well...

So Ella has only wanted to be held lately. She is so big and I am so big, that holding her all day is a work out. Then I discovered that she is getting four new teeth all at the same time. She has had stinky pee, so after a trip the doctors we discovered that she also has a UTI. Only to find that on top of that she has a strange virus called slap cheek syndrome (it makes you not feel well and at the end of the course you get really red cheeks). So if you add the runs and diaper rash that she's been dealing with... You would want to be held all day too. Not to mention she is going to be a big sister in 3 days. Poor girl!

The Crazy Corn Maze

I have never been to a Corn Maze. We went earlier so we would be warmer, stay out of the dark, and avoid the wild teenagers. It was a lot of fun, even with Tyler almost getting pulled into the corn by multiple invisible monsters. After about an hour or so of getting ourselves lost Sydney and Carson started to get concerned that we would never find out way out. However, we safely made it back to our car.